Medium severity · published Oct 16, 2023
CVE-2023-3746
ActivityPub for WordPress < 1.0.1 - Contributor+ Stored XSS
5.4
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The ActivityPub WordPress plugin before 1.0.0 does not sanitize and escape some data from post content, which could allow contributor and above role to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 43% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AC
ActivityPub ·
before 1.0.0 · source: vendor, NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-3746
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-3746
Exploit
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/c15a6032-6495-47a8-828c-37e55ed9665a
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